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芭 = 巴 + 艹

芭 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “plantain”. It is built from 巴 (comma-design) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2469.

Keyword
plantain
RTK frame
2469
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
バ, ハ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
banana, плантан
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
芭 plantain or banana palm

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 巴 comma-design
  2. 艹 mugwort

How to find 芭 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “comma-design” + “mugwort”. 芭 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 芭 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.